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Peak Mountain 3

Choss Wasp

FA Patrick Campana Oct 2019
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Description

The name says it all. I have removed

most

of the choss but the wasps... jayzus christ the wasps!!  This climb is actually a super rad line that reminds me a lot of double cracks in COR. However, it starts above a seep that attracts a lot of wasps in summer and fall before they "hopefully" die off. It starts to the climbers left of the second pitch of Parallelogram. Rather than walking into the large (7 or 8 ft) wide chimney where the second pitch of Parallelogram starts, look to your left where you'll see a plethora of fine looking splitter cracks. Two of them parallel each other nicely up to the top of the cliff. This is Choss Wasp. The double cracks enter into a small (5ft) "chimney" section where you can a get a real nice "shoulder jam". As in you can pull your shoulders back and if they are as wide as mine, hang by your shoulders, let your feet pull, and do a little dance in the air. Walk off or sling a large boulder at the top and rappel.

Location

Starts on the large ledge above Parallelogram's "first pitch"

Protection

Single rack, set of nuts, pair of balls, can of Raid. Doubles in the 0.5 to 1 range might be nice if you tend to place gear after every move.